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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 07, 2024
Committed Completion: Jan 09, 2025
Projected Completion: Dec 12, 2024

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Curly Redwood top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Gotoh UPT 4:1 Planetary gear tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 7

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 11

glue in tail block

3

Nov 12

rout & glue-in end graft, kerf top edge, kerf bottom edge, brace back

4

Nov 14

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 18

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 20

clean up body, rout dovetail, drill tuner holes, glue fretboard onto neck, rout binding channels, glue in top binding

7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

  

8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

9

first coat of oil

  

10

second coat of oil

  

11

third coat of oil

  

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

  

14

make saddle, (put in pickup, if any), cut nut, final fretwork, put in tuners, put on strings

  
Original Wood Set